Shinji Kagawa

Shinji Kagawa
	Kagawa at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Shinji Kagawa
Date of birth	March 17, 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	PAOK Thessaloniki
Youth career
2001–2005	FC Miyagi Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2010	Cerezo Osaka
2010–2012	Borussia Dortmund
2012–2014	Manchester United
2014–2019	Borussia Dortmund
2019	Beşiktaş
2019–2020	Real Zaragoza
2021–	PAOK Thessaloniki
National team
2007	Japan U-20
2008	Japan U-23
2008–2019	Japan
Honours
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2019/20 season

Shinji Kagawa (香川真司, Kagawa Shinji, born March 17, 1989) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Kagawa was born in Kobe on March 17, 1989. He joined J1 League club Cerezo Osaka in 2006. He could not play at all in the match first season and Cerezo was relegated to J2 League. He became a regular player from 2007. In 2009, he became a top scorer with 27 goals and Cerezo was promoted to J1. In summer 2010, he moved to German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He played 49 matches and scored 21 goals in 2 seasons. Dortmund also won the Bundesliga champions in both seasons. In summer 2012, he moved to English Premier League club Manchester United. In the 2012/13 season, he played 20 matches and score 6 goals under manager Alex Ferguson. However his opportunity to play decreased under new manager David Moyes in the 2013/14 season. In summer 2014, he returned to Dortmund. Although he played many matches every seasons, he could hardly play in the match in the 2018/19 season. In January 2019, he moved to Turkish Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. In summer 2019, he moved to Spanish Segunda División club Real Zaragoza and played in 1 season. After half-year blank, he signed with Super League Greece club PAOK Thessaloniki in January 2021.

In 2007, Kagawa was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2007 U-20 World Cup and played 2 matches. On May 24, 2008, he debuted for the Japan national team under manager Takeshi Okada against Ivory Coast. In August 2008, he also played for Japan U-23 national team at 2008 Summer Olympics. However he was not selected Japan for 2010 World Cup. After the 2010 World Cup, he became a regular player under new manager Alberto Zaccheroni and wore the "number 10" shirt for Japan as Shunsuke Nakamura successor. In 2011, he participated 2011 Asian Cup. He played 5 matches and scored 2 goals. Although he could not play at the final for injury, Japan won the champions. He also played at 2013 Confederations Cup, 2014 World Cup and 2015 Asian Cup. In 2018, he was selected the Japan for 2018 World Cup. He played 3 matches and scored 1 goal against Colombia national team in the first match. Japan qualified to the knockout stage. He played 97 games and scored 31 goals for Japan until 2019.

Statistics[change | change source]

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2006	Cerezo Osaka	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
2007		J2 League	35	5	1	2	-		-		36	7
2008			35	16	0	0	-		-		35	16
2009			44	27	0	0	-		-		44	27
2010		J1 League	11	7	0	0	1	0	-		12	7
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Premiere Ligapokal		Europe		Total
2010/11	Borussia Dortmund	Bundesliga	18	8	2	0	-		8	4	28	12
2011/12	Borussia Dortmund	Bundesliga	31	13	5	3	-		6	1	42	17
England			League		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Europe		Total
2012/13	Manchester United	Premier League	20	6	3	0	0	0	3	0	26	6
2013/14			18	0	1	0	2	0	8	0	29	0
2014/15			0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Premiere Ligapokal		Europe		Total
2014/15	Borussia Dortmund	Bundesliga	28	5	5	1	-		5	0	38	6
2015/16			29	9	5	1	-		12	3	46	13
2016/17			21	1	3	2	-		5	3	29	6
2017/18			19	5	3	1	-		5	0	27	6
2018/19			2	0	1	0	-		1	0	4	0
Turkey			League		Fortis Turkey Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2018/19	Beşiktaş	Süper Lig	14	4	0	0	-		0	0	14	4
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Copa de la Liga		Europe		Total
2019/20	Real Zaragoza	Segunda División	31	4	3	0	-		-		34	4
Greece			League		Greek Football Cup		Greek League Cup		Europe		Total
2020/21	PAOK Thessaloniki	Super League
Country	Japan		125	55	1	2	1	0	-		127	57
	Germany		148	41	24	8	-		42	11	214	60
	England		38	6	4	0	3	0	11	0	56	6
	Turkey		14	4	0	0	-		0	0	14	4
	Spain		31	4	3	0	-		-		34	4
	Greece
Total			356	110	32	10	4	0	53	11	445	131